We were in the market for a rotating car seat as my husband and I both have back issues. We choose the maxi cosi as we wanted a seat that would rotate 360. My husband has a small car so its great for him, as when our son isn't in the car with him, he moves the seat forward facing. My husband had no issues with his car seat however my car seat there was an issue with the rotation. I tried emailing Maxi cosi about the defect but i didnt get a response back but when i called them the issued was fixed after I sent an email of the seat not rotating. They were super nice about the issue and will send me a label to send back the defective seat and will send me a new one. Even though the car seat for my car was defective I still love the seat as I really got to see the seat in action in my husband's car. I would definitely recommend to others to get. My only issue with the seat is the rotating button as its in a terrible location and takes two hands to rotate. If you are holding your child this makes for a difficult situation so now you are just putting your kid in the seat in the forward or rear facing position at this point. This is really my only issue with it, but a solution my friend came up with was to put the seat forward facing when getting out of the car. This way if you dont have free hands it will be easier to get your child in the car, buckled and then you can rotate rear facing. But definitely this seat is worth every penny.

Don't do it, everything that there has been complains about is true. It's very hard to push down on the handle to turn the seat. The pillow that is pretty much mandatory to have makes for extra tight fit on my big baby thighs and I recently noticed a defect on the base of the car seat. Now I'm going to have to drop more money for a new car seat because i no longer think my baby is safe in it.

I'm a rotating seat lover but the price point of my favs forced me to try some of the alternative options out there. Enter the maxi cosi. Was excited this new seat had entered the market since our last purchase but immediately regretted the minute we installed it. The straps are impossible to tighten and loosen, the cushions are so bulky my 7 month old looked like a scarecrow trying to fit him in there. So we tried fitting to my 2 year old… the placement of the cup holders made it “tight” according to her on her legs. The worst part of all? The rotation. You can't rotate the seat with one hand and as a mom that's an absolute NO. We've got full hands with bags or a baby… I can't be required to have both hands free. Try again maxi cosi. We are all rooting for you. The rotating car seats are a game changes for parents but this one missed the mark

The car seat functions it looks really nice, it rotates and it's cushiony, too cushiony. The padding that you have to keep on it till a certain weight gets completely in the way and makes the straps around the size way too tight. It was pinching my daughters legs to the point She couldn't stay in the car seat more than 10 minutes It was too painful. It's kind of difficult to turn because you have to have both hands. and installing it was just awkward, And I felt I just couldn't get my daughter's situated correctly.

I was so grateful to receive the Emme 360 Rotating All-In-One Convertible Car Seat as a product reviewer for Stellar Product Testing Panel! I am a mom of 5 kids ages 1 - 9 years old. I drive a giant 15 passenger van. I am giving this seat 3 stars because of its truly innovative design and ease of use in rear and forward facing harness modes but extreme difficulty in switching to booster mode. Things I loved about it were the magnetic chest clip, the rotating base and the ease of vehicle installation. The magnetic chest clip made the whole loading process that much smoother, it snaps together like magic. The install process was smooth. The belt path is clearly marked and the directions are boldly written right on the base itself so its pretty hard to mess it up. There are two little windows that turn green when you have it tightened properly so there is no guesswork. The rotating base is genius! I have never seen a seat that does this before. You can completely rotate it while it is locked in, from forward facing or rear facing to the side position just with the squeeze of a handle, which made it much easier to load my little one in and out of my tall van. Even with three seats in a row, I was still able to rotate it most of the way towards the open door. There is also a clear marking with a lock symbol (as well as an audible click sound) indicating when the seat is locked into a safe driving position. My main problem with this seat was in transitioning it to booster mode. I simply could not do it. I tried multiple times and reread the instructions and watched all the training videos but the videos only show how to install it into you car, which wasn't my problem. I cannot get the harness system stored. The seat pad is too tight and difficult to loosen to access the straps. The crotch buckle is supposedly removable but but it does not fit through the narrow openings holding it in place. I was unable to store the harness straps at all.

I received this convertible carseat from Stellar Product Testing Panel. So for starters, this seat looks amazing and is very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. It feels great with tons of cushion. The base was easy to install and it rotates so easily. I love that it's chemical free flame retardant, that's a huge plus. The safety tested features are spectacular on this seat as well. While it is a bit heavy, it's not terrible. Now, why I didn't like this seat and it didn't work for us, at all. The buckle, it is way too tight and no way to adjust it. It was extremely hard to snap the buckle together and once I got it snapped, the side of the snaps were digging into my child's legs. I did contact customer service, shared some photos and a video. They asked me to remove the infant pad and try again. Doing this it still dug into my 7 month olds legs and I tried it on my very skinny 2 year old. Same thing with both babies. I let customer service know removing the pads did not help this. They asked me to do a video conference so they could walk me through making some adjustments, but then sent me a video on how to adjust the seat belt in the car and that was not what the problem was. It's the actually buckle on the carseat, where it snaps. I'll be honest, I didn't follow up with any video conference. I think I can speak for anyone on this, if it's a hassle just to get a carseat to work properly, you'd just return it and try something else. No one wants to have to continuously contact customer service for something that should be ready to go, with minor adjustments, out of the box. Get the buckle between the child's legs right and this seat would be absolutely perfect. I gave this 3 stars because the seat itself has massive potential, but that buckle should not dig into your child's legs. I have 4 kids and been through many many carseats. I've never had this issue before. Please fix the buckle because I wanted to love this seat.

The seat looks great and the installation is easy (takes like 5 minutes). We have a 1 year old. Our primary car seat is the cybex callisto which we love. We would have loved this one too if its wasnt for the buckle design, just like some of the other reviews here the buckle digs in to our kids thighs and we have adjust it's as much as we could and the products allows us to. It's just the design is bad. I wish they can offer a replacement for this part or somehow fix it. We do really love how the seat looks.

This car seat it too hard to use. It's hard to pull the seat belt tight around my child. Like I have to use too much strength. It's hard to actually turn it and get the seat to lock in place.

Was given this seat about a year ago by my daughter to haul one new grandchild. Very heavy and difficult to install. A very clumsy and awkward experience. Seems tight once installed. Use is a nightmare. The handle to release the seat is difficult to reach, on the base under the seat. Requires you to squeeze with your thumb. Very difficult to release the seat to rotate. Impossible if you have low grip strength like myself. Currently the seat is non functional since I released to rotate and now is jammed and won't turn to lock into position. Have used Graco and other brands that are easy to operate. This seat is the worst I have ever used.

We registered for this carseat before our daughter was born. She is 9 months old now and we are using it for the first time. It doesn't turn without force. It often gets stuck. The straps are nearly impossible to pull tight. On top of that the reaquired body pillow is not secured into the carseat with anything making getting a baby in and out a nightmare. Avoid this carseat!!!